In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lee Chapel like this:
LEE-CHAPEL, an extra-parochial tract in Billericay district, Essex; 4¼ miles S of Billericay. Acres, 484. Pop., 6. House, 1. A chapel which gave name to it was anciently a chantry, and has been destroyed.
Lee Chapel through time
Lee Chapel is now part of Basildon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basildon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lee Chapel itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lee Chapel, in Basildon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6780
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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